| 单词 | zodiac of a planet |
| 释义 | > as lemmaszodiac of a planet c. zodiac of the moon, zodiac of a planet, etc.: that belt of the heavens (usually a portion of the ordinary zodiac) within which the apparent motion of the moon, planet, etc. takes place. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [noun] > Zodiac > of other bodies zodiac of the moon1704 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Zodiack of the Comets, Cassini hath observed a certain Tract..within whose Bounds..he hath found most Comets..to keep. 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. II. vi. §1. 821 These Comets..do not go in the Zodiac or Way of the Planets. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. l. 190 The Bedoween..was taught by experience to divide, in twenty-eight parts, the zodiac of the moon. 1834 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III. Astron. i. 4 According to Gaubil, the invention of the Chinese zodiac, divided into twenty-seven constellations, is to be referred to Yao. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 793/2 The synodical revolution of the moon laid down the lines of the solar, its sidereal revolution those of the lunar zodiac. < as lemmas |
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